By Dave Clark
PARIS — Former political allies of disgraced ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn tried to distance themselves on Tuesday after he was charged with pimping less than a month before presidential elections.
Prosecutors said the 62-year-old former Socialist minister and former presidential favourite had been released late Monday on 100,000 euros ($135,000) bail after being charged with "aggravated pimping as part of an organized gang."
